Leblanc's creation, gentleman thief Arsene Lupin, is everything you would expect from a French aristocrat - witty, charming, brilliant, sly ... and possibly the greatest thief in the world.

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The first entry in Maurice LeBlance's long-running series about France's hero-thief Arsene Lupin.

The first entry in Maurice LeBlance's long-running series about France's hero-thief Arsene Lupin.

Leblanc's classic 1909 thriller pits France's Gentleman Burglar against England's Great Detective in a deadly duel over the age-old secret of the Kings of France. Also included are "Sherlock Holmes Arrives Too Late," "Escape Not The Thunderbolt," and a foreword by Kim Newman.

Maurice LeBlanc's gentleman thief returns in this intricately plotted tale of disguises, loot, and love. Once more Lupin is at large, snatching fortunes from under the noses of the wealthy. But this time he may have met his match . . . and not in his usual nemeses, Inspector Ganimard or Holmlock Shears, but in a bright school student who manages to penetrate his secrets -- and reaches his treasure-trove But the greatest danger may be the woman with whom Lupin has fallen in love, for she has made him promise to give up his life of crime forever

Leblanc's classic 1906 thriller pits France's notorious "Gentleman Burglar" against England's "Great Detective" in a deadly duel. The legendary Blue Diamond has been stolen by Lupin with the help of the mysterious "Blonde Phantom" and Holmes has sworn to recover it at all costs.

Leblanc was a French novelist and short story writer known for creating the character Arsene Lupin, who is the French counterpart to the English Sherlock Holmes. In this first of twenty volumes about the French detective, Lupin actually meets the famous Sherlock Holmes. They also met in second volume, but at this point legal problems ended their fictitious meetings.

If you enjoy the Sherlock Holmes series, then Arsene Lupin will be another detective series for your library. Leblanc was a French novelist and short story writer known for creating the character Arsene Lupin, who is the French counterpart to the English Sherlock Holmes. Set during the World War this romance and adventure/ thriller is by far the best of the Lupin series. Arsene Lupin is a cunning gentleman thief who is in a trial of wits with Sherlock Holmes. Thief or detectiveLupin is both."

If you enjoy the Sherlock Holmes series, then Arsene Lupin will be another detective series for your library. Leblanc was a French novelist and short story writer known for creating the character Arsene Lupin, who is the French counterpart to the English Sherlock Holmes. Arsene Lupin is a cunning gentleman thief who is in a trial of wits with Sherlock Holmes. Thief or detective...Lupin is both. The Blonde Lady: Being a Record of the Duel of Wits between Arsene Lupin and the English Detective is classic LeBlanc and sure to delight the reader.

At long last, Arsene Lupin's greatest epic battle is presented in English in a single omnibus volume. Countess Cagliostro (1924) marks the first great adventure of a 20-year-old Lupin, pitting him against the beautiful but deadly Countess Cagliostro, in an attempt to find the treasure of the Candlestick with Seven Branches. It is presented here for the first time in a new, unabridged translation. The 1935 novel Countess Cagliostro's Revenge, never before translated, tells of the lethal Countess's revenge upon a 50-year-old Lupin. The book also includes The Queen's Necklace, a short story...